Automatic pull for water-closets



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E. D. ANDRUSS. AUTOMATIC PULL FOR WATER GLOSETS.

No. 521,072 Patented June 5, 1894.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE D. AND RUSS, OF SEATTLE, WVASI-IINGTON.

AUTOMATIC PULL FOR WA TER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,072, dated June 5, 1894.

Application filed April 22,1893. SerialNo. 471,407. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE D. ANDRUSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Pulls for Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention consists of a device by which the ordinary hand pulls for flushing water closets may be made automatic in their action. t I

In the drawings Figure 1 represents the form of my device in elevation; Fig. 2 the same device slightly modified, and Fig. 3 a detail of the stirrup F. 7

My device is to be' applied to that form of water closets having a tank the contents of which are released by a pull upon a cord, chain or similar device, or any form in which a single pull will operate the flushing mechanism. Neither the flushing mechanism itself nor the kind of closet used form any part of my invention.

' Attached to the under side of the casing to the seat and to which the seat is pivoted, is the bar or beam 0, which extends forward and has at its front end a thin lip C, which projects over the edge of the bowl B,thus supporting the front end. Pivoted on the forward end of this beam is the lever D,

which has a flattened forward end D, which holds the pivoted seat A, raised slightly from the bowl. This lever is embraced by the stirrup F, which is fixed tothe beam 0. To its rear end is attached the weight W, which is sufiiciently heavy to raise the seat and also operate the flushing mechanism.

The lever E, which has its outer end attached to the cord or other means used for operating the flushing mechanism is shown in Fig. 1 as pivoted on the stirrup while in Fig. 2 it is pivoted on the downward projection. of the rear end of the beam 0. The principle of its action in both cases is the same. Upon the levers D, and E, are the projections d, and e, which are so placed that their arcs of travel will interfere or coincide throughoutfa portion of the distance. This is shown by the dotted arcs d and e in the two figures. Now when the seat is depressed the rear end of the lever D, is raised, the projection d, thereon strikes the projection e, on the lever E, and raises it until, it can pass when the lever E, drops back to its former position. When the weight W, is permitted to raise the seat A, it will in its descent engage the projection cl, on the lever D, with the projection e, on the lever E, and carry it down until it can pass by when it will resume its original position. This lever being attached to the flushing mechanism will set it in operation.

In the bottom of the stirrup F, is placed a rubber block to prevent noise and also in the top of the weight W, or where the lever would strike at the top is placed the rubber block G.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to cover by Letters Patout, is

In an automatic pull for water closets the combination with the flushing mechanism and a hinged seat, of the beam 0, attached at the rear end to the casing and having at its front end a lip resting on the bowl, a seat lever pivoted thereto and holding the seat slightly raised, a guide attached tothe beam 0, and guiding the seat lever in its swing, a weight attached to the rear end of the seat lever, of a flushing lever attached to the flushing mechanism and pivoted on the guide, projections on the flushing and seat levers so placed as to engage each other, the projection upon the flushing lever being placed at a much shorter distance from its pivot than the projection on the seat lever, said projections and the pivot points of thelevers being at the middle point of their swing upon the same straight line whereby the projections will become disengaged at either extremity of their are of swing, substantially as-shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

EUGENE 1). ANDRUSS.

" Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS, CLIFFORD J. ANDRUSS. 

